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Eleutherodactylus aporostegus (Tiburon burrowing landfrog)

Synonyms: Eleutherodactylus ruthae aporostegus

Wikipedia Abstract

Eleutherodactylus aporostegus (commonly known as the Tiburon burrowing frog) is a species of frog in the Eleutherodactylidae family. It was originally described as subspecies of Eleutherodactylus ruthae, but has been formally recognized as a full species since 2008. It is endemic to the Tiburon Peninsula, Haiti. Eleutherodactylus aporostegus burrows and lays its eggs underground, which is unusual among Eleutherodactylus.
View Wikipedia Record: Eleutherodactylus aporostegus

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Eleutherodactylus aporostegus

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  18
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.89 inches (4.8 cm)

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0